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With U.S. Congress focusing on mid-term election campaigns, outsourcing is a hot topic. Outsourcers can adapt to laws looking to cut H-1B use; trade and exports are key economic issues for state, federal leaders

No legislation has been drafted yet, but some Democrats want to U.S. government to offer permanent residency in the U.S. to any graduate student in science, technology, engineering or math who has a job offer.

Putting new restrictions on H-1B visas in the U.S. would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.

The European Union is considering its options after learning the U.S. is unlikely to extend the October deadline requiring European travelers to have passports with biometric capabilities should they wish to enter the U.S. without a visa. The E.U. will decide in the next couple of weeks if it will require U.S. citizens to obtain visas to travel to E.U. countries if their U.S. passports lack digitized facial data, said E.U. Commission spokesman Friso Roscam Abbing.

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge Friday signed an agreement with European Union (E.U.) officials that will allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to collect the names of airline passengers on flights between the U.S. and the E.U.

Groups hoping to slow the migration of skilled jobs to low-wage countries say it will take a combination of actions affecting U.S. visa, trade policies and tax laws to stem the flow of jobs overseas.

Technological deficiencies within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services "helped cause" the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and now technology must help boost security, says the chair of the U.S. Senate's technology and terrorism subcommittee.